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Workplace Writing I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Argumentative Mode | A mode of writing that takes a clear position on a detabtable question, and backs up claims with evidence and reasoning. |
| Audience | The intentional or unintentional reader(s) of a text |
| Brainstorming | The use of a variety of techniques to generate ideas and/or clarify thinking |
| Communication Skill | A skill that helps you effectively write about information, your ideas, and your perspective |
| Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word |
| Denotation | The literal or dictionary definition of a word |
| Descriptive Mode | A mode of writing that focuses on details about a specific person, place, or thing |
| Drafting | The act of composing a piece of writing |
| Editing | The act of improving the sentence construction, word choice, and the overall style of an essay or other piece of writing |
| Essay | A short piece of writing on a particular subject |
| Informative Mode | A mode of writing designed to inform, describe, or explain |
| Innovation Skill | A skill that helps you stratgies to develop your ideas and create change. |
| Meta-Awareness | In writing, a writerâs consciousness of how elements of the rhetorical situation have influenced that writers composition |
| Mode | The manner in which a text is written |
| Narrative Mode | A mode of writing that is driven by a story |
| Question of fact | Include those that challenge the truth of a currently-held belief |
| Question of definition | generally address the meaning of words or concepts |
| Question of policy | Ask what should be done about a social or legal issue. |
| Topic Sentence | A sentence expressing the main idea of a paragraph |
| Conclusion-Summary Approach | entails briefly noting the essayâs major points, and restating the thesis-in different words than before, basic form of conclusions. |
| Proofreading | The act of fixing errors in grammar, mechanics, spelling, captialization, punctuation, commonly confused words, and formatting in an essay or other piece of writing |
| Purpose | The intended goal or value of a text |
| Revising | The act of re-envisioning an essay or other writing project |
| Rhetorical Situation | In writing, the conditions and environment in which a text is composed, including the writers purpose, audience, background, and cultural-historical context, as well as how those factors influence the composition |
| Supporting Sentence | A sentence that bolsters the main idea of a praragraph by providing intellectual support |
| Technology Skill | A skill that helps you use digital tools and devices to document your writing efficiently and effectively |
| Thesis | A single sentence that expresses the controlling idea of a piece of writing |
| Tone | A writers attitude toward a subject, as conveyed through a piece of writing |
| Topic Sentence | A sentence expressing the main dead of a paragraph |
| Working Thesis | A thesis statement that the writer develops during the prewriting stage of the writing process in order to build initial ideas for an outline. |
| Writing Process | A series of steps that go into writing a successful essay or other writing project. |
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